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Loud 'crack' before song plays

I have a pair of Magnepan MMG's and a Magnepan bass panel connected to a pair of Emotiva mono blocks and an Emotiva DAC.

I have a Blusound Node to stream music from Tidal.

The issue I am having is that before a song I select starts playing there is an extremely loud cracking noise, much like the crack of a whip. Sometimes it is more like a popping noise.

If I play an entire album, the noise only occurs before the very first song and not on subsequent songs.

However, if I play the "Related artists radio", the noise will occur before each song.

It is very distracting and annoying.

I have been told it is some kind of "handshake process" between the components.

Can anyone tell me what this noise is and is it possible to eliminate it?

Thanks!

kgp200
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jasonbourne52
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Ah, the joys of streaming!

mlsstl
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Sounds like the Blusound Node is the likely source of the noise. Any chance you can borrow another streamer to try? 

I don't have this problem, but have a couple Raspberry Pi's (using either PCP or HiFiBerry OS) which is connect to my local collection and Qobuz thru an LMS server and experience nothing like you're describing. 

mahler123
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I have a Bryston DAC3, which has HDMI inputs, and I can output the DSD layer of 

SACD from my OPPO 105.  I get the crack on SACD replay but not through the non HDMI inputs, or not through a regular CD played through the HDMI inputs.

I start my SACD with the volume turned down to zilch with the player paused and then increase the volume and hit play

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fuzztone
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I can’t remember any of that with Tidal. Qobuz is silent. Good luck wid dat.  

Ripped SACDs are quiet.

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